'High-tech Dosa' Shop In Bengaluru Uses Broom To Clean Tawa, Internet Asks, 'Why?'
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In a recent incident that horrified online users, a well-known restaurant in Bengaluru has drawn criticism for its dubious hygiene standards.
Social media users were incensed to see an employee using a broom to clean the tawa (griddle) before making dosas in a video that went viral.?
Who Shared The Video?
'Thefoodiebae' posted the video to Facebook.
What Is This Incident?
The chef of the well-known Rameshwaram cafe is seen in the viral video using an unusual technique.?First, he cleans the cooking surface with a broom before liberally smothering the dosas in ghee.?It makes sense that the restaurant is drawing flak.
A chef is shown in front of a sizable tawa in the open kitchen of a restaurant in the Facebook video posted by @Thefoodiebae.?Behind him, crowds of patrons can be seen, impatiently awaiting their orders.?
He gets to work preparing the tawa for dosas. He gives it a quick mist of water before using a broom to sweep the tawa.?He keeps cleaning as the water on the heated tawa turns to steam.?
It takes one tawa to make twelve dosas.?
When Did This Happen?
The video went viral on November 11, 2023, and since then, the clip has gained over 26 Million views, many likes, and many comments.?
Where Is This Shop?
This shop is somewhere in Bengaluru.
How Did The Internet React?
The fact that the tawa was cleaned with a coconut broom has infuriated viewers the most.?Several social media users were evidently "disgusted," as the video's comments section clarifies.?
However, as this is a standard procedure in the South.?It is a custom carried down through the generations to clean tawas using coconut brooms.?
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